LG Electronics Earns NVIDIA Certification, Strengthening AI Data Center Infrastructure

As artificial intelligence continues to reshape industries worldwide, the demand for reliable, high-performance data center infrastructure has never been greater. Meeting this challenge, LG Electronics has achieved NVIDIA certification for its 600kW Coolant Distribution Unit (CDU), marking a significant milestone in the company's expansion into AI infrastructure solutions.

The certification follows a rigorous evaluation process in which LG's CDU successfully met more than 100 stringent assessment criteria established under NVIDIA's AI Factory standardization program. This accomplishment demonstrates that LG's cooling technology satisfies the demanding performance, reliability, and compatibility requirements needed to support next-generation AI computing environments.

Receiving NVIDIA certification also positions LG Electronics as an official NVIDIA partner for AI Factory infrastructure, enhancing the company's reputation in the rapidly growing AI data center market. For global data center operators, this certification serves as an important trust signal, reducing procurement risks when selecting infrastructure components for mission-critical AI workloads. Organizations investing heavily in AI clusters can have greater confidence that LG's cooling solutions are designed to integrate seamlessly with NVIDIA-powered AI systems.

As AI models become increasingly complex, they require significantly more computational power, resulting in higher heat generation within servers. Efficient thermal management is therefore essential to maintain system stability, maximize performance, and improve energy efficiency. LG's certified 600kW Coolant Distribution Unit addresses these challenges by delivering advanced liquid cooling capabilities capable of supporting modern AI servers operating at extremely high power densities.

Beyond its certified CDU, LG Electronics offers a comprehensive Chip-to-Chiller portfolio specifically designed for AI data centers. This end-to-end cooling ecosystem includes high-efficiency chillers, Coolant Distribution Units (CDUs), and cold plates, providing customers with a complete liquid cooling solution from the chip level to the facility's central cooling infrastructure.

This integrated approach allows data center operators to simplify deployment, improve operational efficiency, and optimize cooling performance while supporting the increasing demands of AI training and inference workloads. By offering a full range of thermal management technologies, LG is positioning itself as a key player in the evolution of sustainable, high-performance AI infrastructure.

The NVIDIA certification reinforces LG Electronics' commitment to innovation in advanced cooling technologies and highlights the company's growing influence in the AI data center industry. As enterprises and cloud providers continue investing in AI factories worldwide, certified solutions like LG's 600kW CDU will play an increasingly vital role in ensuring reliable, efficient, and scalable AI operations for the future.

Globe Equips Employees With AI Skills to Power Innovation and Productivity

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to reshape the future of work, Globe is investing in its people by equipping employees with the tools, skills, and support they need to succeed in an AI-enabled workplace. Through a people-first approach to AI adoption, the company is strengthening workforce capabilities to help employees work smarter, innovate faster, and create greater value for customers and the business.

"At Globe, we see AI as an enabler of human potential," said Renato "Ato" Jiao, Chief Human Resource Officer. "Our goal is not simply to adopt new technologies, but to equip our people with the tools, skills, and confidence to thrive in an AI-enabled workplace. When our employees succeed, they create better experiences for our customers and stronger outcomes for the business."

Human Resources plays a key role in advancing this people-first approach by integrating AI into learning, development, and employee experience initiatives. Employees have access to an intelligent virtual assistant that streamlines HR services and support, making information easier to access and assistance more responsive. Structured AI learning journeys and hands-on training help employees build AI literacy and practical skills across different proficiency levels.

To support employees in their day-to-day work, Globe provides an AI-enabled knowledge platform that makes policies, benefits, and workplace resources easier to access. Data-driven mentoring and skills development programs connect employees with relevant learning opportunities, while secure AI productivity tools enable teams to automate routine tasks, improve efficiency, and focus on higher-value work that requires creativity, critical thinking, and human judgment.

Today, more than 80% of Globe employees have access to AI productivity tools, while over 2,500 employees have completed AI learning programs. These investments have enabled employees to develop more than 30 AI-powered tools and bots that support procurement, quality assurance, customer engagement, data analytics, and network operations. As a result, 84% of employees reported increased productivity, saving an average of three to four hours per week through AI-powered workflows.

Beyond improving workplace productivity, these employee-developed AI solutions are also delivering measurable business value. AI-powered quality audits have significantly reduced costs and manual effort, while a procurement chatbot now handles around 1,500 inquiries each month. AI-driven personalization has enhanced customer engagement and revenue, while intelligent network monitoring has achieved 90% fault detection accuracy, reducing service restoration time by 70%. These initiatives demonstrate how equipping employees with AI capabilities helps improve operational efficiency, enhance customer experiences, and drive business performance.

Globe believes technology creates the greatest value when combined with human expertise. By fostering a culture of continuous learning and responsible innovation, the company empowers employees to apply AI in ways that strengthen collaboration, improve decision-making, and create meaningful impact for customers, communities, partners, and shareholders.

According to the World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs Report 2025, 86% of employers expect AI and information processing technologies to transform their businesses by 2030, while 77% plan to upskill and reskill their workforce to work alongside AI. In step with this global shift, Globe continues to strengthen workforce capabilities by equipping employees with the skills and tools they need to adapt, innovate, and create greater value for customers and the business.

Recognized as a Great Place To Work®, Globe continues to invest in its people by fostering a culture of learning, innovation, and continuous growth, enabling employees to embrace emerging technologies with confidence while helping build a resilient and future-ready organization.

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LG InstaView™ Refrigerator Marks a Decade of Innovation with Over 5.3 Million Units Sold Worldwide

LG Electronics is celebrating a major milestone as its iconic LG InstaView™ refrigerator reaches its 10th anniversary. Since its debut in 2016, the premium refrigerator has surpassed 5.3 million units in cumulative global sales, demonstrating its lasting appeal among consumers who value innovation, convenience, and modern design.

When LG introduced the InstaView refrigerator a decade ago, it redefined the way people interact with kitchen appliances. At the heart of its success is the signature "Knock Twice, See Inside" feature. By simply knocking twice on the refrigerator’s glass panel, users can instantly illuminate the interior without opening the door. This smart functionality allows homeowners to check the contents of their refrigerator while minimizing cold air loss, helping improve energy efficiency and food preservation.

Beyond its practical benefits, the InstaView refrigerator also introduced a sleek, premium aesthetic that transformed the kitchen into a more stylish and connected living space. Its innovative design quickly became an industry benchmark, inspiring a new generation of smart appliances that prioritize both functionality and visual appeal.

Over the years, LG has continued to refine and enhance the InstaView lineup with advanced cooling technologies, intelligent storage solutions, and smart connectivity features that integrate seamlessly into modern lifestyles. These continuous improvements have helped maintain the product’s strong reputation in an increasingly competitive market.

Today, LG InstaView refrigerators continue to perform exceptionally well across global markets. The product remains a leader in the refrigerator category throughout North America, while experiencing significant growth in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. This widespread adoption reflects consumers' increasing demand for appliances that combine innovative technology with everyday convenience.

The refrigerator’s success has also been recognized by the global design and technology community. Throughout the past decade, LG InstaView has earned numerous prestigious awards, including honors from the Red Dot Design Award, iF Design Award, International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), and the CES Innovation Awards. These accolades recognize LG's commitment to excellence in design, user experience, and technological advancement.

As LG celebrates ten years of InstaView innovation, the company continues to push the boundaries of smart home technology. The remarkable achievement of exceeding 5.3 million units sold underscores not only the popularity of the InstaView refrigerator but also LG Electronics' dedication to creating products that improve everyday life through meaningful innovation. With a decade of success behind it, the LG InstaView refrigerator remains a symbol of the future of intelligent home living.

Lenovo Successfully Delivers Technology at Biggest Ever FIFA World Cup 2026™

New York City, USA – Sunday’s historic FIFA World Cup 2026™ Final marked the conclusion of the biggest sporting event in history as Lenovo, FIFA’s Official Technology Partner, celebrated the successful delivery of its AI-powered technology solutions and an unprecedented technology deployment across the vast tournament.

Spanning three host countries, 16 cities, 48 teams and 104 matches, FIFA World Cup 2026 represented an unprecedented operational and technological challenge. Throughout the tournament, Lenovo provided the devices, infrastructure, services, solutions and AI-powered innovation that helped support FIFA operations, global broadcasts, team analysis, officiating technology and fan experiences at massive scale. These solutions were delivered impeccably, with 99.99% uptime across all solutions.

Across the FIFA World Cup ecosystem, Lenovo deployed and managed more than 25,000 Lenovo and Motorola devices, supported by more than 350 Lenovo engineers and operational specialists, working across over 600 FIFA sites, including stadiums, broadcast centers, team base camps, venues, command centers and FIFA operational sites. Together, this integrated technology ecosystem helped support the day-to-day running of a tournament watched by billions of fans around the world.

“FIFA World Cup 2026 has shown the world what smarter technology can make possible when it is deployed at scale, under pressure, and in service of a truly global event,” said Yuanqing Yang, Chairman and CEO, Lenovo. “When Lenovo became FIFA’s Official Technology Partner, we did so because we knew we were uniquely placed to power the largest sporting event in human history. Over the past several weeks, our teams have delivered on that promise, supporting FIFA with AI, infrastructure, devices, solutions and services that helped enhance the tournament for teams, officials, broadcasters, organizers and fans. This is Smarter Technology for All in action.”

FIFA AI Pro: democratizing football intelligence for all 48 teams

One of Lenovo’s most significant technology achievements at FIFA World Cup 2026™ was FIFA AI Pro, the AI-driven analytics platform developed by Lenovo and FIFA to give every participating team access to FIFA’s tournament data and analysis. All 48 teams competing at the tournament used FIFA AI Pro, which draws on millions of data points, analyzes more than 2,000 performance metrics, and delivers rapid insights through reports, graphs, video clips, and immersive 3D match recreations.

Built with Lenovo’s AI Factory and Lenovo’s enterprise AI capabilities, FIFA AI Pro enabled coaches, analysts and technical teams to query official football data and match footage in natural language, helping democratize access to advanced football intelligence that has historically been available only to the best-resourced federations. During the tournament, the platform was used in 16 languages, with thousands of queries by over 300 individual users.

“FIFA AI Pro represents exactly the kind of AI Lenovo believes in: AI that solves real problems, expands access to expertise, and helps people make better decisions faster,” said Art Hu, Chief Information Officer, Lenovo, and Chief Technology & Delivery Officer, Solutions and Services Group. “At this tournament, every team, from established football powers to nations making history on the world stage, had access to advanced match intelligence through a platform designed around the language and logic of football. That is a powerful example of how AI can democratize expertise, not simply automate work.”

Referee View, powered by Lenovo AI, brought fans closer to the pitch.

Lenovo also helped deliver one of the standout broadcast innovations of the tournament: Referee View, powered by Lenovo AI. The technology gave fans a first-person view of match action from the perspective of the referee, using AI-powered stabilization to transform fast-moving body-camera footage into smooth, broadcast-quality video in real time.

Lenovo’s AI video analytics platform helped reduce camera jitter by up to 60%, delivering a stable, high-quality live feed while preserving the speed and intensity of the match. According to Lenovo-commissioned international research, 87% of fans said technology improved their FIFA World Cup 2026 viewing experience, while 84% said close-to-action camera perspectives helped them feel like they were right there on the pitch.

Thousands of minutes of additional broadcast-quality footage were provided to broadcasters for their use, and Referee View featured throughout the tournament, including the opening goal of FIFA World Cup 2026, where it generated over 20 billion impressions and gave viewers around the world a new perspective on the game – demonstrating how AI can enhance storytelling, transparency and fan engagement in live sport.

AI-powered 3D player avatars improved offside visualization.

Ahead of the tournament, Lenovo created precise 3D digital avatars for all 1,248 players competing at FIFA World Cup 2026. Built from individual scans and advanced AI processing, the avatars were used to support Semi-Automated Offside Technology replays, providing match officials with a fuller picture and helping make offside decisions easier for fans around the world to understand.

Lenovo’s role included scanning, quality verification, generation and lifecycle management of the 3D player models, creating individualized avatars that reflected each player’s precise dimensions. These avatars added a new layer of realism and transparency to broadcast replays and marked an important step forward in how AI can support officiating technology and fan comprehension.

The Intelligent Command Center supported tournament operations at unprecedented scale.

Behind the scenes, Lenovo’s Intelligent Command Center provided FIFA with a centralized, real-time operational picture of the tournament. Operating as part of FIFA’s Tournament Operations Center, the platform aggregated data from more than 40 FIFA functional areas, helping officials coordinate across venues, security, ticketing, infrastructure, logistics, communications and other critical operational areas.

By bringing fragmented operational data into a single shared environment, the Intelligent Command Center helped stakeholders identify risks, respond to issues earlier, and coordinate across a tournament footprint spanning three countries and hundreds of FIFA locations. It demonstrated Lenovo’s ability to deliver mission-critical AI-powered operations in a live environment where reliability, speed and trust are essential.

End-to-end technology for the world’s biggest sporting event

Lenovo’s contribution to FIFA World Cup 2026™ went beyond any single innovation. The company delivered an integrated technology ecosystem spanning devices, data center infrastructure, edge computing, AI-powered solutions, managed services and operational support. Lenovo technology supported broadcast operations, IPTV delivery, tournament operations, fan experiences, officiating innovation, team analysis and digital workplace capabilities across the event ecosystem.

At the International Broadcast Center in Dallas, Lenovo infrastructure helped provide the computing power needed to support live video data, IPTV distribution and AI-driven solutions for one of the most expansive broadcast operations in FIFA World Cup history. Lenovo’s technology also supported near real-time IPTV delivery – with an average of six seconds latency – to more than 1,000 screens across FIFA venues, helping fans, media, VIPs and officials access live match action across the tournament footprint.

“We have long recognized that this is the biggest opportunity in the world for our brand, but we also know that the value of this sort of partnership goes far beyond that”, said Jeff Shafer, Senior Vice President, Corporate Marketing and Chief Communications Officer, Lenovo. “This relationship is based on a deep and authentic technology integration. That had to be front and center, and that’s what makes it so powerful for our company and for our brand. Ultimately, we need to prove to the world that if we can do it for the biggest sporting event in the history of humanity, we can do it for anyone.”

Football as a catalyst for inclusion

Sport has always functioned as a global democratizer, and Lenovo is working to amplify that by providing access to technology for athletes and entrepreneurs. Through community investments, Lenovo Foundation is ensuring that tech solutions extend beyond the event, and that technology and opportunity reach those who need it most.

A platform for Smarter AI for All

FIFA World Cup 2026™ demonstrated Lenovo’s vision of Smarter AI for All in one of the most demanding real-world environments imaginable. From FIFA AI Pro giving all 48 teams access to advanced football intelligence, to Referee View bringing billions of fans closer to the pitch, to the Intelligent Command Center supporting operational decision-making, Lenovo’s AI solutions helped improve outcomes across the tournament for teams, officials, fans, broadcasters and organizers.

The tournament also validated Lenovo’s hybrid AI strategy and full-stack portfolio, showing how AI becomes most valuable when combined with infrastructure, devices, services and deep operational expertise to solve real-world challenges at scale. The FIFA World Cup is the perfect demonstration of Lenovo’s sports technology strategy, as Lenovo teams up with clubs, leagues, venues, and governing bodies to power world-class experiences and seamless operations.

As attention now turns to the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027™ in Brazil, Lenovo will continue working with FIFA to use technology and innovation to make football more accessible, more engaging, and more intelligent for players, coaches, organizers, and fans around the world.

Globe Delivers Over PHP 510 Million in Savings Through Green Network Initiatives

As cities and businesses seek practical ways to advance sustainability while managing resources more efficiently, Globe continues to demonstrate how technology can help address both priorities. Through investments in energy-efficient network infrastructure, the company generated more than PHP 510 million in energy savings in 2025 while expanding technologies that can help build more liveable and intelligent cities nationwide.

Globe highlighted these initiatives during the Liveable Cities Lab held at the Asian Institute of Management, where government leaders, local government representatives, businesses, and sustainability advocates gathered to discuss solutions that can help accelerate the transition to cleaner and more sustainable communities.

"By adopting Green Network and AI-driven energy efficiency technologies, Globe is proving that resource efficiency and environmental sustainability go hand in hand. Our commitment to sustainability-related innovations isn't just about upgrading networks; it's about empowering cities and enterprises to build cleaner and more liveable cities," said Raymond Aguilar, Globe Vice President for Risk and Property Management.

A key contributor to these savings was Globe's continued investment in its Green Network program. In 2025 alone, the company deployed 20,800 new energy-efficient technologies across its operations, helping reduce energy consumption throughout its network and facilities.

Artificial Intelligence plays an increasingly important role in these efforts. Globe uses AI to automatically calibrate the energy consumption of cell sites based on network demand, while AI-powered cooling systems help optimize energy use in company buildings.

The company has also deployed storage optimization technologies within its Network Function Virtualization (NFV) environment, enabling unused servers to automatically shut down when not needed. Additional measures include replacing legacy lead-acid batteries with more energy-efficient Lithium-ion and Sodium-Nickel battery technologies, alongside the continued expansion of renewable energy and hybrid electric vehicle initiatives.

Beyond improving its own operations, Globe highlighted how these innovations can support cities and municipalities in advancing sustainability goals while aligning with the objectives of the New Government Procurement Act or Republic Act 12009. The company noted that technologies that improve resource efficiency can help communities pursue their environmental objectives while supporting long-term development goals.

Technology will play an increasingly important role in helping communities balance growth, sustainability, and resource efficiency. Through its Green Network initiatives, AI-driven and IoT solutions, Globe continues to support cleaner, more intelligent, and more liveable cities.